Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · West Virginia

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV

Name: Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hinton, WV · ~16 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) workplace, earning a grade C.

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV: 4.5 TCR = 99% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV safety composite

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−4.8

2016→2021

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV injury rate improved

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV's TCR fell 4.8 from 11.2 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Hinton, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 99% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P27
PHOTO New Boston
BOOK 5y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Boston (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.5
New Boston

4.5
KCNS

4.5
Milpitas AAW

4.4
Union Tank Car

4.4

What this shows Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV averages 4.5 TCR (99% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV falls in its industry

409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV (16 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Appalachian Tank Car Services - Hinton WV has fewer employees than the Locomotive and rail car repair (except f median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries
2021	6.5	0.0	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	4.6	0.0	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2016	11.2	11.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · WV · Hinton

409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 9 employers in Hinton, WV · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	New Boston	NEW BOSTON, MI	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Milpitas AAW	MILPITAS, CA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Union Tank Car Company - Marion, OH	MARION, OH	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KCNS	KANSAS CITY, MO	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CAMBRIDGE PLACE	BRIDGEPORT	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DC Electric LLC	BUNKER HILL	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Austin Powder Appalchia LLC - Masontown, WV	MASONTOWN	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dailey Trucking	DAILEY	16 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc	Hinton	152 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SCARH	Hinton	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summers County ARH	Hinton	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summers Healthcare Center	Hinton	114 FTE
NAT-TCR	Volunteer Knitwear Corp	New Tazewell, TN	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Budney Overhaul & Repair, LTD	Berlin, CT	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Avila Construction Company	Monterey, CA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Key Mechanical Livermore	Livermore, CA	4.5 TCR

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.